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1a LAW AND JUSTICE GROUP NNNfytD�ilYO COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO Third157 W. Fifth Street - FloorDEPARTMENTS San Bernardino, CA. 92415-04.80 ('909)' 387-5502 District Attorney Marshal Keith Bushey, Law and Justice Group Chairman Probation Lon McDougal, Law and Justice Group Analyst Public Administrator-Coroner/ Public Guardian-Conservator Public Defender Sheriff 'Superior Court December 16, 199E Colton. P©lice Department Acting Chief Pat browe 650 N La Cadena Drive Colton, CA 92324 RE. Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (OCJP-JAIBG) Dear Acting Chief Crowe: Re: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Each local governmental entity r in San Bernardino County hastwill receive a Request for Application (RFA) from the Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the JAIBG Program. The JAIBG Program is intended to provide states-.and units of local government with funds to develop programs that promote greater accountability .in fi e'juvenile justice system. These funds must be used to support one or more areas identified in the attained FACT SHEET. Please also find attached, information which details dollar amounts allocated to each local governmental entity in San Bemardino County. The Law Enforcement Education Partnership Committee (LEEP) is interested in leveraging the total allocation ($675,024) to create a Regional Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition. LEEP has been meeting since January 20, 1995. It began with a group of interested superintendents and law enforcement Chiefs and has since expanded to include other related agencies such as Probation, the Judiciary and County Counsel_ The group's purpose is to explore areas for interagency partnerships in the support of youth and the promotion of school and community safety. LEEP is proposing that the regional coalition use the funds to expand the Probation Officers on Campus program and would consider adding an additional Juvenile Traffic Hearing Officer if the increased volume of citations warrant it. These two initiatives appropriately address Program Purpose areas 3 and 7 under "Program Purpose Area Description" of the attached FACT SHEET: Purpose Area 3 — Hiring additional juvenile judges, probation officers, and court appointed de€enders, and funding pre-trial services for juveniles, to ensure the smooth and expeditious administration of the juvenile justice system. Purpose•Area 7 — Providing funding to enable juvenile courts and juvenile probation offices to be 11 1,more effec#nve and efficient in holding juvenile offenders accountable and reducing recidivism The rational for focusing on these two areas is attached. in addition, both programs have existing protocol and language delineating roles and purpose and how each affects juvenile accountability. Bath prdWamsi are proven programs which"-Have resulted in much lower school suspension/expulsion rates, which subsequently have resulted in Tower crime rates by juveniles during school hours. There is existing ,, , support from' probation, juvenile traffic court, school districts, and law enforcement for both initiatives.